Song for Ireland: Dick Gaughan

Walking all the day
near tall towers where falcons build their nests
Silver winged they fly,
They know the call of freedom in their breasts,
Saw Black Head against the sky
Where twisted rocks they run down to the sea
Living on your western shore,
Saw summer sun sets, asked for more,
I stood by your Atlantic Sea,
And sang a song for Ireland

Talking all the day,
With true friends who try to make you stay,
Telling jokes and news,
Singing songs to while the time away,
Watched the Galway salmon run,
Like silver dancing, darting in the sun,
living on your western shore,
Saw summer sunsets, asked for more,
I stood by your Atlantic Sea,
And sang a song for Ireland

Drinking all the day,
In old pubs where fiddlers love to play,
Saw one touch the bow,
He played a reel that seamed so grand and gay,
I stood on dingle beach and cast,
In wild foam, we caught Atlantic bass,
Living on your western shore,
Saw summer sunsets, asked for more,
I stood by your Atlantic Sea,
And sang a song for Ireland


Dreaming in the night,
I saw a land where no-one had to fight,
Waking in your dawn,
I saw you crying in the morning light,
sleeping where the falcons fly,
They twist and turn all in your air-blue sky,
Living on your western shore,
Saw summer sunsets, asked for more,
I stood by your Atlantic sea,
And sang a song for Ireland

Photos courtesy Jon Sullivan PDPhoto.org.

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[oscaroscar41]

oye amigo tu canción es muy linda., ami me trae tranquilidad a mi alma y mucha paz..creo q me sube a un estado vibratorio en donde se aprecia mucho mas el amor por nuestra madre tierra.

[lukessummer]

@oscaroscar41

Una gran canción, es una gran canción en cualquier lugar.

Me alegra saber de ti Oscar.

Saludos de Donegal, Irlanda.

[lexinaut]

A lovely, lovely gift, not just to Ireland, but to all who seek peace and a better world with all that is within them.

Thanks all the way from Richmond, California! I wish my response were in the form of a song as profound as this one!

[lukessummer]

lexinaut, your responce was perfect...

[peacefrog1916]

Scotland and Ireland Forever.

[pinkymachine17]

I never have been to Ireland, but what a beautiful place this must be with music like that - thank you for this song, makes me feel good!

[TheYellowellies]

@oscaroscar41 -muchos gracias senor

[TheYellowellies]

My Mum n Dad are from donegal-this song means so much to me

[sustega62]

Green voice green land scapes

[ModdingAtMidnight]

Finally, a nice Irish video without the Green vs Orange bullshit! Protestant or Catholic we're all the same!

[enigma1096]

best song respect!!!!

[AonghusMcGinn]

1min 20secs "Talking all the day, with true friends that try to make you stay..." The picture here is of Johnny Halloran on the Box with Lizzy on the Fiddle, taken in Tí Coilí Bar, Galway.

[gazzaboyhmfc]

Beautiful Song. So refreshing to see that most of the posts are not about religious hatred and more about the fact that this is one of the best celtic singers ever. His ability to paint beautiful landscapes with his words and fantastic guitar playing knows no ends.